Tim Allen to Return to Voice Buzz Lightyear After Chris Evans’ Woke “Lightyear” Film Bombed at the Box Office

Bob Iger, Disney CEO, stated that The Walt Disney Company would be creating sequels. Toy Story, FrozenAnd Zootopia during the company’s Q1 2023 earnings call. 

Following Iger’s announcement, Allen took to Twitter where he revealed he would be returning to voice Buzz Lightyear in the fifth Toy Story film.

Allen posted on Twitter “See ya soon Woody, you are a sad strange little man and you have my pity. And off we go to a number 5! To infinity and beyond!”

Allen’s return to the character comes after he was replaced by Chris Evans in LightyearThe film, which was directed at children, had a prominent same-sex kiss. It bombed at home.

The film grossed only $218.7 millions at the global box-office and only $118.3million at the domestic box-office. Blu-ray sales and DVD sales totaled only $2.3million According to The Numbers. Reports indicate that the film cost $200 million to produce.

RELATED: Chris Evans Calls Critics Of Lightyear’s Gay Kiss “Idiots” His Film Banned in the Middle East

The film was clearly designed to make its audience feel comfortable by including a same-sex kiss. It also exposed Chris Evans more as a radical activist than just an actor. He was not only shown as a radical activist in the film, but it also revealed his poor personal character.

Talking with Reuters Evans spoke out about the film and specifically the comments made by those who criticize the film’s grooming attempt. “The real truth is those people are idiots. I mean, I think throughout history you can see every time there’s been social advancement as we wake up, the American story, the human story is one of constant social awakening and growth and that’s what makes us good.”

He continued, “And then, you know, when that happens, there’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before. But those people die off like dinosaurs.”

“The goal is to pay them no mind, march forward, and embrace the growth that makes us human,” He concluded.

RELATED: The Lightyear Director confirms that the LGBTQ Character was not part of the early development of the film

Following the film’s utter failure at the box office stemming from both the attempt to groom children and Evans’ heinous comments, the film’s director Angus MacLane, told the LA Times that the inclusion of the grooming initiative in the film was not originally part of the film’s original plans.

MacLane revealed, “Alisha as a character wasn’t there in the original pitch.” The LA Times has more “earliest versions of the story paired Buzz with a fellow Space Ranger and pilot with whom he also shared a romantic relationship.”

MacLane abandoned the idea after he allegedly realized it. “he didn’t think Buzz worked in romantic relationships.”

MacLane explained. “when it was suggested to make Alisha a queer character, that was awesome for two reasons. One, representation. And two, [Alisha] can live her separate life and you’re never feeling like there’s jealousy there … it’s more about how she lived a life.”

He also stated that the director groomed not only him, but queer employees at Disney. He said, “We had a lot of queer personnel on the film. There’s a lot of really fantastic representation that means a lot — more than I can understand. For them to be so excited about that and have it be so personal, it means a lot to me.”

And if you didn’t think it was an attempt at grooming actress Uzo Aduba made it clear to the LA Times, “The exciting thing is that every kid, young and old, will be able to watch a movie like ‘Lightyear’ and see a piece of themselves in it.”

“That’s really important for our LGBTQ children and all voices. That’s taking stories to infinity,” she declared.

RELATED: Angus MacLane of Lightyear Attacks Critics Following Film Is Embarrassed From Minions: The Rise Of Gru

After Lightyear’s humiliation, MacLane would later attack critics of the film. The Rise of Gru the Minions It had a $107 million opening weekend gross.

Lon Harris, who claimed critics were unfairly criticized, was retweeted by he. “poisoned” On Twitter “Gonna get 100% serious for a moment. If you are reading this, and you think LIGHTYEAR vs. MINIONS represents a real political or social debate, such that you can read deeper meaning into their box office totals, log off the internet immediately. You have been poisoned.”

Then he called those giving poor reviews to the film “unfair reviews”. “trolls.”

RELATED: Tim Allen Criticizes Disney’s Lightyear For Not Connecting With It’s Audience

Following the film’s release Allen criticized the movie in Extra interviews. 

He explained why he didn’t voice the character saying, “The short answer is I’ve stayed out of this because it has nothing to do as I’ve said a long time ago. This topic came up during one of our sessions many years ago. I replied, ‘What a fun movie that would be.’ That was how we talked about it. 

He continued, “But the brass that did the first four movies is not — this is a whole new team that really had nothing to do with the first movies and they’re as I said, I thought it was a live-action when they said were doing a live-action that’s what I thought. It would mean real humans, not an animated thing.”

Allen further asserted, “There’s really no Toy Story Buzz without Woody. I’m not sure what the idea — I’m a plot guy and this was done in 1997 it would seem to be a big adventure story and I see it’s not a big adventure story. It’s a wonderful story. It just doesn’t seem to have any connections to the toy and that’s what, it’s a little, it’s a little, I don’t know…”

He said, “It has no relationship to Buzz…it’s just no connection. I wish there was a better connection to it.”

What do you make of The Walt Disney Company bringing back Tim Allen to voice Buzz Lightyear after the woke failure of Chris Evans and Angus MacLane’s Lightyear?

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